or roughly 10 miles southeast of Realitos.
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The episode as NWS CRP wrote it up.
A prescribed burn over southern Duval County became uncontrolled causing a wildfire that consumed nearly 1000 acres 2 miles southwest of Ramirez...or roughly 10 miles southeast of Realitos.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Corpus Christi, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 21, 11:35 AM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1135 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011 .DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR AVIATION DISCUSSION FOR 18Z TAFS BELOW. && .AVIATION...VFR NEXT 24 HOURS. LOW OVERCAST DECK LOCATED OVER WESTERN GULF THIS MORNING WILL MIX OUT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WHILE GRAZING CRP TERMINAL. EXPECTING NOTHING MORE THAN FEW025 AT CRP THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE CLEAR SKIES PREVAIL THROUGH FORECAST PERIOD. LIGHT EASTERLY WINDS BECOME NORTH OVERNIGHT REMAINING LIGHT THROUGH NEXT 24 HOURS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 1037 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011/ DISCUSSION...MINOR ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO SKY COVER FORECAST FOR LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY FOR MARINE AREAS AND IMMEDIATE COASTAL LOCATIONS. EXPECTING CURRENT LOW OVERCAST CLOUD COVER OVER WESTERN GULF TO SLOWLY MIX OUT THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR AT H9 ADVECTS SOUTH. NO OTHER CHANGES MADE AT THIS TIME. PRELIM LOOK AT 12Z GUIDANCE INDICATES POSSIBILITY OF NEW FREEZE WARNINGS BECOMING NECESSARY LATER FOR LOW TEMPS TONIGHT. WILL CONTINUE TO ANALYZE WITH COMPLETE UPDATE COMING WITH REGULAR AFTERNOON FORECAST PACKAGE. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 618 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011/ DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION AND MARINE. AVIATION...VFR CONDS THRU THE TAF PERIOD WITH CLR SKIES. N WNDS WL CONT TO DIMINISH BELOW 12 KTS ALONG THE COAST THRU THE MRNG. WNDS WL VEER NE AND E ACROSS THE RGN THIS AFTN (E AND SE OUT NEAR LRD/COT)...THEN BACK TO THE NW AT LESS THAN 5 KTS LATE TNGT. MARINE...WINDS AND SEAS HAVE DIMINISHED BELOW SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA ACROSS THE NEARSHORE MIDDLE TEXAS GULF WATERS. ALLOWED SCA TO EXPIRE FOR THESE ZONES. WINDS AND SEAS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OFFSHORE THROUGH THE MORNING...AND SCA SHOULD EXPIRE SHORTLY BEFORE NOON FOR THIS AREA. PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 351 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011/ SHORT TERM (TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...COLD MORNING ACROSS SOUTH TEXAS WITH TEMPERATURES NEARING THE FREEZING MARK ACROSS THE NORTHERN COUNTIES. WILL MAINTAIN FREEZE WARNING THROUGH 9 AM FOR NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. OTHERWISE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE MORNING ALONG THE COAST AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE REGION...AND WILL TURN EAST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE COASTAL PLAINS AND SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS. HIGHS WON'T GET OUT OF THE 50S ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND AND BRUSH COUNTRY...WITH EVEN HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S ALONG THE IMMEDIATE COASTLINE. ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE PLAINS COULD SEE SOME LOWER 60S OUT NEAR LAREDO. A VERY WEAK RE-ENFORCING AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT...ALLOWING FOR VERY LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS THROUGH MUCH OF THE NIGHT TO TURN NORTHWEST BY EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LEAD TO SLIGHT DRAINAGE WINDS ACROSS THE COASTAL BEND...PRODUCING COOLER MORNING LOWS SATURDAY MORNING THAN THIS MORNING ACROSS THIS REGION. AS A RESULT...MAY NEED A FREEZE WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE COASTAL BEND SATURDAY MORNING. WILL LET DAY SHIFT BETTER ASSESS THIS. THE HIGH WILL SHIFT EAST LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH A WEAK SOUTHEAST FLOW RESUMING. LONG TERM (SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY)...CONFIDENCE IN RAIN FOR SUNDAY (AND FOR ANY PART OF THE EXTENDED) IS STARTING TO WANE SOME...AS MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW LESS MOISTURE TO WORK WITH FOR SUNDAY THEN KEEP THINGS RELATIVELY DRY FOR MOST OF THE WEEK. FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND...MOISTURE FIELDS ARE SHOWING LESS RETURN FLOW THAN SEEN A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO...WITH ISENTROPIC PATTERN MAINLY NEAR THE COAST AND ESPECIALLY OFFSHORE BUT OCCURRING MORE INTO THE LATE SUNDAY MORNING/AFTERNOON TIME FRAME. BEST MOISTURE MOVES EAST BY THE TIME FRONT MOVES THROUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON OR SUNDAY EVENING (MODELS STILL DISAGREE). WILL MAINTAIN LOW CHANCE POPS FOR SUNDAY WITH THE UPPER TROUGH AND FRONT. WITH RESPECT TO THE FRONT...GFS MAY BE A BIT TOO FAST SO DID SLOW FRONT DOWN JUST A BIT BUT DO HAVE IT ESSENTIALLY GOING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. BEHIND THE FRONT...DRIER AIR AND COOLER TEMPERATURES...WITH LOWS APPROACHING THE FREEZING MARK NORTHERN AREAS TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY MORNING. MODELS STILL HAVE ISSUES ON WHETHER TO CUT OFF THE UPPER TROUGH MID WEEK AND HOW TO HANDLE THE MOISTURE ASSOCIATED WITH IT. PREVIOUS ECMWF WAS MUCH WETTER BY MID WEEK WITH CUT OFF LOW OUT WEST. MODEL IS MUCH DRIER NOW WITH MOISTURE REMAINING TO THE SOUTH AND CUT OFF LOW COMING FROM THE PACIFIC AS OPPOSED TO MOVING AFOREMENTIONED TROUGH SOUTH AND CUTTING IN OFF CLOSER TO TEXAS AND/OR COMBINING IT WITH ANOTHER UPPER TROUGH IN PACIFIC. THUS...WILL GO WITH THE CONTINUED NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT SCENARIO WITH DISTURBANCES IN THE FLOW PATTERN FROM TIME TO TIME BRINGING CLOUDS BUT NO RAIN...AS SURFACE FLOW WILL GENERALLY REMAIN NORTHERLY IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT...KEEPING TEMPERATURES OVER SOUTH TEXAS BELOW NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK. FIRE WEATHER...CRITICAL MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL OCCUR TODAY AND SATURDAY...WITH RH VALUES DROPPING TO 20-30% INLAND AND 30-40% ALONG THE COAST. HOWEVER...WINDS SPEED WILL REMAIN WELL BELOW RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE REGION. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... CORPUS CHRISTI 51 31 61 45 65 / 0 0 0 10 30 VICTORIA 51 28 61 38 63 / 0 0 0 10 30 LAREDO 62 36 66 48 70 / 0 0 0 10 10 ALICE 54 31 62 41 67 / 0 0 0 10 20 ROCKPORT 49 34 58 47 65 / 0 0 0 10 30 COTULLA 58 30 65 39 69 / 0 0 0 10 10 KINGSVILLE 53 29 62 41 67 / 0 0 0 10 30 NAVY CORPUS 49 38 58 50 64 / 0 0 0 10 30 && .CRP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... TX...NONE. GM...NONE. && AVIATION...HART/79
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CORPUS CHRISTI TX 1138 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011 TXZ229>234-239>247-221200- LA SALLE-MCMULLEN-LIVE OAK-BEE-GOLIAD-VICTORIA-WEBB-DUVAL- JIM WELLS-KLEBERG-NUECES-SAN PATRICIO-ARANSAS-REFUGIO-CALHOUN- 1138 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT FREEZING TEMPERATURES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT AWAY FROM THE IMMEDIATE COAST AND RIO GRANDE. FREEZE WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. GMZ230-235-250-255-270-275-221200- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS- BAYS AND WATERWAYS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO PORT O'CONNOR- COASTAL WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL OUT 20 NM-WATERS FROM BAFFIN BAY TO PORT ARANSAS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM PORT ARANSAS TO MATAGORDA SHIP CHANNEL FROM 20 TO 60 NM- 1138 AM CST FRI JAN 21 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH TEXAS AND THE MIDDLE TEXAS COASTAL WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY OVER THE GULF WATERS WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT...THEN ON TUESDAY OVER THE OFFSHORE WATERS AS A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE GETS RE-ENFORCED OVER TEXAS. NO OTHER HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JR/GW/RH
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
A wildfire consumed nearly 1000 acres near County Roads 250, 251, and 252 to the southwest of Ramirez. One trailer home and two vehicles were destroyed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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